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Agricultural Safety and Health

The College of Public Health offers the Certificate in Agricultural Safety and Health by distance education.

Graduate Program

• Certificate in Agricultural Safety and Health

The certificate program trains students to detect safety and illness hazards and to treat and prevent farm-related illnesses, injuries, and deaths. It is intended for health and safety professionals nationwide as well as for students at The University of Iowa and at other postsecondary institutions who are enrolled in health or safety programs and would like to add an agricultural health component to their training. The certificate may enhance employment opportunities in health care delivery, government, and the private sector.

The program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

Certificate

The Certificate in Agricultural Safety and Health requires 12 s.h. of graduate credit. Completion of the certificate is noted on the student's transcript.

The certificate is offered by distance education, but students are encouraged to take 175:209 Rural Health and Agricultural Medicine on campus; the course is offered twice yearly, once during spring semester and again as an intensive five-day workshop in June. Students may be able to complete 175:203 Preceptorship in Occupational and Environmental Health in their own communities.

The Certificate in Agricultural Safety and Health requires the following course work.

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Applicants to the certificate program should hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited university with a g.p.a. of at least 2.50; or they should have equivalent experience and education. Application materials must include the program's application form, a résumé, and a letter of interest explaining the applicant's current position and education objectives.

For more information about the program's curriculum or faculty, visit the Certificate in Agricultural Safety and Health web site.